Endoscope Video Processor Light Source Data Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing endoscope systems face difficulties in managing white balance adjustments for various light sources and video processors, making it challenging to apply configurations to existing systems and perform stroboscopic imaging.
Innovation Solution
An endoscope system with a video processor device that acquires light source correspondence information from an external device for signal processing, including white balance adjustment, allowing central management of light source information and improving operation efficiency across multiple types of light sources and endoscopes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If each video processor is provided with a memory storing white balance adjustment data for each light source, then white balance adjustment can be performed, but device complexity increases and existing systems cannot be easily applied to
Solution Approach 1:
A central management device is introduced as an intermediary between light source devices and video processor devices. This central device stores and manages white balance adjustment data for multiple light sources, and provides the appropriate data to video processors as needed, eliminating the need for each video processor to maintain its own comprehensive memory of light source data.
Solution Approach 2:
The central management device serves multiple video processor devices and multiple light source devices universally. It maintains a unified database of white balance adjustment data that can be accessed by any combination of video processors and light sources, making the system adaptable to various configurations without requiring individualized memory structures in each video processor.
2Adaptability or versatility
If video processors store light source data locally, then white balance adjustment works, but it is difficult to apply to existing systems and stroboscopic imaging scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The central management device acts as a mediator that bridges existing video processor systems with new light source requirements. It provides the necessary white balance adjustment data to existing video processors without requiring modifications to their fundamental structure, enabling them to support multiple light sources including stroboscopic imaging applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The central management device pre-stores white balance adjustment data for multiple light sources in advance. When a video processor needs to switch between or use different light sources, the appropriate pre-configured data is already available and can be immediately provided, eliminating the need for real-time configuration or complex onboard storage in each video processor.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of light sources are used in various combinations, then imaging versatility improves, but operation efficiency decreases due to manual configuration requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects which light source is currently in use and feedback this information to the central management device. The central device then automatically provides the corresponding white balance adjustment data to the video processor without requiring manual configuration, thereby maintaining high versatility while improving operational efficiency through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The video processor devices automatically acquire and apply the appropriate white balance adjustment data from the central management device based on the detected light source type. This self-service mechanism eliminates manual configuration requirements, allowing the system to handle multiple light source combinations efficiently without user intervention.
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AI summary
An endoscope system includes a video processor device that performs signal processing on an image, and an external device that is removably connected to the video processor device and can record light source correspondence information that corresponds to multiple light sources. The video processor device acquires light source correspondence information from the external device and performs signal processing that corresponds to the light source correspondence information.